Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience

May I recommend "Wining,Dining,Dancing,and Romancing" this value oriented 4 cd collection has 65 fine selections to clean the palate and dial up the appetite.Seasoned with classic love hand selected from Verves fine reserves each a timeless masterpiece.Special of the day at $27.Sample cuts provided below.....

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I have just the thing.. and at 7-8 bucks per disk not too bad. See the Concord jazz catalog with their jazz moods compilation disk listings..for example, "Jazz Moods - Brazilian Romance", "Jazz Moods - Jazz at Week's End", "Jazz at Night's End", "Jazz at Day's End" etc.

Last year I assisted my brother in a similar task for his retail business. He has received very positive feedback from his patrons:

Below are some of what he has in his collection:

CBS Sampler – no boundaries
Chesky Records – collection series 1
Columbia Records – on the jazz tip volumes 1, 2, & 4; audio file ‘96
Concord Jazz – stretch records sampler ‘97
CTI – windows collection 1 & 2
DMP Sampler – carved in stone; cat tracks, at taste of DMP; 20-Bit Digital Jazz
Fahrenheit Sampler – the first four seasons; ’96 taste test; jazz sampler ‘98
GRP – all star big band; all star big band live; live in session; super live; 10th anniversary collection
Heads Up Records – collections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; africa straight ahead
Higher Octave Music – collections 1 & 2; evolution; world fusion
Instinct Records – new voices 4; love boss a style; this is smooth jazz 5, africa
JVC Sampler – world class music
MCA Sampler – fall ’97; spring into summer ’88 and ‘89
Slimstyle Records – swing this baby
Swingtime – big band artist
Verve Sampler – cool city sounds; pure jazz;
Warner Bros. – best of smooth jazz 1, 2, 3, & 4

Most of the above can be found at used stores or online at places like www.half.com as we did.

Also, go to www.jazziz.com and review their monthly samplers. We ended up with quite a few of those too.

Go luck with the restaurant,
L

Try some old Ahmad Jamal--Cross Country Tour or Ahmad's Blues would be a good start.

Three Blind Mice XRCD series, especially Yamamoto